Tire-rim.



W. E. ERWlN,

TIRE RIM.

APPLICATION HLED AUG. 16, 1916.

1,282,?13, v Patented Oct. 22,1918.

WITNESSES:

on the otner short section to receive said projecting member said projecting member having means to receive a tool whereby the hinged sections may he moved angularly inward for collapsing the rim.

A demounteble rin'i comprising a series or arcuate sections hinged together, two adjacent sections being comparatively short and having their abutting ends disconnect ible to permit complete separation thereof for collapsing the rim, cooperating guide means associated with the free ends of said short sections to retain them in abutting relation when in collapsed position and disposed at the lower portion of the rim so that a downward pressure at the meeting ends of said sections may be utilized to exset my hand in the presence of scribing Witnesses.

pend the parts into circular form, said guide means comprising a projecting ineniher rigid with one of said short sections on the 20 inner face thereof, means on the other short section to receive said projecting member, and a pin on said projecting member arranged to elite a depression in the opposite short section to lock said. parts against cir-- cumferential separating movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto two sub- WILLIAM EVERETT ERWIN.

Witnesses JOHN H. HERRING, lVILLmM l). KELLEY. 

